TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating Burkholderia pseudomallei Bip proteins as vaccines and Bip antibodies as detection agents
AU - Druar, Chris
AU - Yu, Fei
AU - Barnes, Jodie L.
AU - Okinaka, Richard T.
AU - Chantratita, Narisara
AU - Beg, Steve
AU - Stratilo, Chad W.
AU - Olive, Andrew J.
AU - Soltes, Glenn
AU - Russell, Michelle L.
AU - Limmathurotsakul, Direk
AU - Norton, Robert E.
AU - Ni, Sally X.
AU - Picking, William D.
AU - Jackson, Paul J.
AU - Stewart, Don I.H.
AU - Tsvetnitsky, Vadim
AU - Picking, Wendy L.
AU - Cherwonogrodzky, John W.
AU - Ketheesan, Natkunam
AU - Peacock, Sharon J.
AU - Wiersma, Erik J.
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Burkholderia pseudomallei is a biothreat agent and an important natural pathogen, causing melioidosis in humans and animals. A type III secretion system (TTSS-3) has been shown to be critical for virulence. Because TTSS components from other pathogens have been used successfully as diagnostic agents and as experimental vaccines, it was investigated whether this was the case for BipB, BipC and BipD, components of B. pseudomallei's TTSS-3. The sequences of BipB, BipC and BipD were found to be highly conserved among B. pseudomallei and B. mallei isolates. A collection of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) specific for each Bip protein was obtained. Most recognized both native and denatured Bip protein. Burkholderia pseudomallei or B. mallei did not express detectable BipB or BipD under the growth conditions used. However, anti-BipD mAbs did recognize the TTSS needle structures of a Shigella strain engineered to express BipD. The authors did not find that BipB, BipC or BipD are protective antigens because vaccination of mice with any single protein did not result in protection against experimental melioidosis. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) studies showed that human melioidosis patients had antibodies to BipB and BipD. However, these ELISAs had low diagnostic accuracy in endemic regions, possibly due to previous patient exposure to B. pseudomallei.
AB - Burkholderia pseudomallei is a biothreat agent and an important natural pathogen, causing melioidosis in humans and animals. A type III secretion system (TTSS-3) has been shown to be critical for virulence. Because TTSS components from other pathogens have been used successfully as diagnostic agents and as experimental vaccines, it was investigated whether this was the case for BipB, BipC and BipD, components of B. pseudomallei's TTSS-3. The sequences of BipB, BipC and BipD were found to be highly conserved among B. pseudomallei and B. mallei isolates. A collection of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) specific for each Bip protein was obtained. Most recognized both native and denatured Bip protein. Burkholderia pseudomallei or B. mallei did not express detectable BipB or BipD under the growth conditions used. However, anti-BipD mAbs did recognize the TTSS needle structures of a Shigella strain engineered to express BipD. The authors did not find that BipB, BipC or BipD are protective antigens because vaccination of mice with any single protein did not result in protection against experimental melioidosis. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) studies showed that human melioidosis patients had antibodies to BipB and BipD. However, these ELISAs had low diagnostic accuracy in endemic regions, possibly due to previous patient exposure to B. pseudomallei.
KW - Burkholderia pseudomallei
KW - Diagnostic detection
KW - Monoclonal antibody
KW - Type III secretion system
KW - Vaccine
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00345.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00345.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17995960
AN - SCOPUS:38149111992
SN - 0928-8244
VL - 52
SP - 78
EP - 87
JO - FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology
JF - FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology
IS - 1
ER -
